The day had begun like any other in Crystalmere, the townspeople moved through the marketplace under the clear sapphire sky, children played by the crystal-clear river, and the palace guards stood vigilant, watching the town over day and night.
Suddenly the earth started to trembling, crows fleeing the fields. Then, the shield that protected Crystalmere, woven with ancient runes and the will of its guardians, began to flicker.
The people gathered near the barrier, their breaths caught in their throats as they saw the monstrous silhouettes pounding against the invisible wall. Children's were scared and their parents trying to control their crying.
The air quivered as the beastmen roared, and scales glistening in the sunlight claws smashing against the barrier with unnatural force. Their eyes were glowing green colour and their Magic hissed and cracked, and the runes bled sparks. Some of the townspeople started to stop the beastmans and they all using their powers to protect the shield to not break.
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In the Palace, a young boy, eyes wide with terror, ran through the streets. He stumbled into the palace gates, screaming for help, his small voice echoing down the grand corridors until it reached the ears of William, the noble head of Crystalmere, who was deep in council with Robert and Kael.
"Beastmen at the gates!" the boy gasped, collapsing to his knees. William's eyes narrowed the calm of a leader giving way to the steel of a warrior. He turned to his brother Robert, saying "Gather the guards, No one must break through the shield."
Sandra, standing by the window, felt a flicker in her chest a sharp, burning needle of rage. Her purple flame mark beneath her collarbone pulsed. She came downstairs and watched the young boy who was trembling because of fear.
Then,Tina came rushing down the staircase, breathless, her face pale. "Sandra!" she called, voice cracking. "Anvi she went out with Yara." Sandra froze for a brief moment. The purple flame on her chest flickered dangerously bright.
"They better be safe," Sandra thought, her eyes a storm of violet fury. She could feel Selene's comforting hand on her shoulder, but it did little to smother the roaring inferno in her chest.
Far beyond the palace, Yara and Anvi were a blur of motion amidst chaos. Buildings cracked under the blows of the beastmen, who clawed their way through wooden beams and stone walls, hunting for the vulnerable.
Children huddled in a schoolhouse that trembled with each impact. Yara giving her best to fight the beastman who dared to come near Anvi, her blue weapon RAPIER shimmering with the water element's power, darted forward and back, slashing at any beast that dared come close.
"Stay behind me!" Yara yelled over her shoulder to Anvi. Her heartbeat drummed not just from fear of the monsters but from fear of losing her hometown, people's happiness and Yara. She knew Yara was pushing herself beyond her limit to fight against the monsters.
A beastman twice tried to attack Anvi but Yara is protecting her. So the beastman lunged from the rubble claws swiping for Yara's neck.... Yara is focusing on saving the children who Trapped inside a house.
The beastman used this opportunity to attack Yara..... He used his powers on Yara made her scream in pain. Anvi saw the tragedy scene that Yara is Hurt.... she couldn't control herself anymore. Anvi's scream ripped through the chaos. She is running to Yara's direction but a beastman captured Anvi.
Suddenly, an explosion of blinding Purple flame seared through the street. The beast howled as its fur caught fire, its roar drowned out by the furious rush of heat. Sandra landed in the center of the chaos.
Her Excalibur already blazing with her signature Purple Fire. Her eyes glowed the same furious hue as her element. "Stay away from my sister!" she Warned the beastman. The beastmen laughed that finally Sandra came to the battle field.
William, Robert, Kael... formed a line behind them, warriors clad in enchanted armor, blades at the ready. The people of Crystalmere, once trembling, found new courage in their leaders' arrival. The fight had truly begun.
The beastmen poured in like a flood. Fangs, claws, and grotesque snarls met steel and elemental fury. Sandra became a MONSTER, her Excalibur cleaving through monster after monster, the purple fire leaving trails of shimmering embers in her wake. Her face calm yet her eyes blazing with unquenchable rage.
Kael and Robert, also fighting with the beastmans back-to-back, cut down any that dared slip through the frontline. But the horde was endless. For every beastman that fell, two more seemed to take its place.
Selene and Anvi went to save Yara. Anvi pressed her hands to Yara's wound, her palms slick with blood. Yara's breath was shallow, her eyes fluttering as she tried to remain conscious. Selene used her Water stone to heal the wound but she didn't know how to stop the bleeding.
"Stay with me, Yara!" Anvi begged, tears cutting streaks through the soot on her face.
Yara's lips curved into a faint smile. "Don't cry… Anvi. Thank you spending time with me..… " Yara closed her eyes.
Anvi felt helpless, the youngest of her family, never as strong as Sandra, never as brave as Tina but here she was, clutching her love who might slip away at any moment. When Sandra saw Anvi kneeling over Yara's limp body, something deep inside her snapped.
The purple fire mark on her chest blazed so brightly that the air around her shimmered like a mirage. The purple flame poured from her hands like liquid wrath. It coiled through the battlefield like a serpent, consuming beast after beast in bursts of violet light.
Excalibur glowed hotter, almost melting from the sheer heat of her fury. Robert and Kael helped them to carry Yara and went to Palace. Sandra's laughter was cold an echo of a woman who found pleasure in the slaughter of monsters who dared threaten what she loved. With each swing, each blast, she whispered Zar's name like a curse.
"Anvi!" Sandra snapped, her eyes still locked on the horde. "I'll handle this. I promise no one will hurt her again." Then they all took Yara, Anvi with them. Sandra and William fighting with the beastmans, The streets of Crystalmere were a shifting battlefield of blood.
Damaged buildings collapsed in showers of embers, the once beautiful stone walls scorched and broken. Selene stayed near Sandra, her water element weaving a protective barrier, dousing the flames when they grew too wild, catching stray claws with shimmering whips of liquid force.
Sandra lost herself in the fight, her smile twisted, satisfied with every beastman that fell beneath Excalibur's searing edge. For every scream of a monster, there was a flicker of peace in her heart. She was vengeance incarnate a promise to Zar that no matter what horrors he sent, she would send them back tenfold.
The sky, once bright blue, was now veiled with smoke and drifting ash. The last beastman fell with a final roar, its fur sizzling under Sandra's burning blade. Sandra stood among the ruins, her breath ragged. The purple flame on her chest dimmed, but her eyes still glowed faintly.
Selene stepped forward, pressing a hand to her cheek the only force that could calm the firestorm within her Love. Sandra lowered her sword, the Excalibur still flickering with dying embers. She looked at the ruins of Crystalmere homes half-standing, families holding each other tight.
She knew the war was far from over. Zar would come, He would pay. Sandra closed her eyes the last of her rage giving way to a single promise that echoed in her heart like thunder: "ZAR… I'M COMING FOR YOU."